Thank you, Chair.
I'll try to be very brief, given that I have five minutes.
Given the statement Mr. Dechert has just made about how this bill is meant to solve a problem that goes directly to the heart of the families of victims, who live with the pain and grief every day, I'm going to ask if you are aware of any study done by this current government of all of the families of victims of those convicted offenders who have applied under the faint hope clause, since the creation of the faint hope clause. This would be a study of people who have actually gone through the process--both prior to 1987 when the judicial review was brought into effect and since then--and their actual experience with the process. What did they themselves conclude, whether the offender was successful with the application or not successful with the application?
Are you aware of any such study that has been conducted, either by this government or any previous government, since the faint hope clause was first inserted into our Criminal Code?